Cheryl wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> Oh, no, I hope you didn't have as bad a time as I did with
>> steriods. Talk about the cure being worse than the ailment.
>> I hope your surgery went well, at least.

> I think so. thanks Nancy. Stitches are still in so I can only base it
> on the other three. But man, a few hours after taking the Medrol pak
> dose (I'm on day 3) my breathing is shallow, can't see well, and the
> headache from hell that still hasn't gone away.

Yikes, that stuff is nasty.

> I would quit taking
> it but I have no pain in my mouth (huge plus) and it says not to
> discontinue without talking to the doc. And it's Saturday. The side
> effects go away other than the headache but at the time they start it
> is scary.
>
> What did the steroids do to you?

Blew up my innards like you wouldn't believe. By the end of the week
my abdomen was distended as if I was 11 months pregnant. Led to
all kinds of problems later, and the pain and the hallucinations weren't
that much fun, either. What a nightmare.

nancy